:Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

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{{Infobox film

| name = Pirates of the Caribbean:
Dead Man's Chest

| image = Pirates of the caribbean 2 poster b.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Gore Verbinski

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{{Based on|Characters|Ted Elliott|{{quad}}Terry Rossio|{{quad}}Stuart Beattie|{{quad}}Jay Wolpert}}
{{Based on|Walt Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean}}

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| producer = Jerry Bruckheimer

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| cinematography = Dariusz Wolski

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| music = Hans Zimmer

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| distributor = Buena Vista Pictures Distribution

| released = {{Film date|2006|06|24|Disneyland Resort|2006|07|07|United States}}

| runtime = 151 minutes{{cite web|title=Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest |url=https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/pirates-caribbean-dead-mans-chest-1 |publisher=British Board of Film Classification |date=June 23, 2006 |access-date=February 7, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306060808/http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/pirates-caribbean-dead-mans-chest-1 |archive-date=March 6, 2016 }}

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget = $225 million

| gross = $1.066 billion

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is a 2006 American fantasy swashbuckler film directed by Gore Verbinski, written by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. The sequel to Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), it is the second installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. It is set a year after said film, and follows Captain Jack Sparrow who owns a debt to Davy Jones (Bill Nighy), the ghastly captain of the Flying Dutchman, and being marked for death and pursued by the Kraken. Meanwhile, the wedding of Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) is interrupted by Lord Cutler Beckett (Tom Hollander), who wants Turner to acquire Jack's magic compass in a bid to find the Dead Man's Chest.

Two sequels to Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl were conceived in 2004, with Elliott and Rossio developing a story arc that would span both films. Filming took place from February to September 2005 in Palos Verdes, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, and The Bahamas, as well as on sets constructed at Walt Disney Studios. It was shot back-to-back with the third film of the series, At World's End (2007). With a production budget of $225 million, it was the most expensive film ever made at the time of its release.

Dead Man's Chest premiered at the Disneyland Resort on June 24, 2006, and was released in the United States on July 7, to mixed reviews from critics. The film broke several records at the time, including the opening-weekend record in the United States with $136 million and the fastest film to gross over $1 billion at the worldwide box office (63 days), and became the highest-grossing film of 2006, the third highest-grossing film of all time at the time of its release, and the highest-grossing film in the series. It was also the highest-grossing film released by Disney until it was surpassed by Toy Story 3 in 2010. The film received four nominations at the 79th Academy Awards (winning Best Visual Effects).

Plot

Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann's wedding is interrupted by Lord Cutler Beckett of the East India Trading Company, who arrives at Port Royal with arrest warrants, charging them for aiding Captain Jack Sparrow's escape.{{Efn|As depicted in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl}} Despite also having a warrant, Commodore James Norrington resigned from the Royal Navy and disappeared after losing his ship, the HMS Dauntless, in a hurricane while pursuing Jack.

Meanwhile, aboard the Black Pearl, Jack is visited by Will's father, Bootstrap Bill Turner, who is now a crewman of the Flying Dutchman, captained by Davy Jones. He marks Jack with the Black Spot and reminds him that he previously bartered a deal with Jones to raise the Pearl from the depths in exchange for his freedom; a debt Jack failed to repay, and must now serve aboard the Dutchman or he will be dragged into Davy Jones' Locker by the Kraken. Meanwhile, revealing Letters of Marque intended for Jack Sparrow signed by King George, Beckett offers to free Will and Elizabeth in exchange for Will recovering Sparrow's compass.

Will finds Jack and his crew on an island and helps them escape from cannibals. Afterward, Jack visits voodoo priestess Tia Dalma, who helps in finding the Dead Man's Chest, which holds Davy Jones' still-beating heart; whoever has it can control Davy Jones. Jack intends to find it and free himself from Jones' debt. Will makes a deal with Jack to find the key to the chest in return for Jack's compass, but is tricked into servitude with Jones' crew aboard the Dutchman in Jack's stead. Jones agrees to free Sparrow from servitude if he can provide 99 more souls. Will reunites with his father, Bootstrap Bill, aboard the Dutchman and learns that Jones possesses the key through Liar's Dice. Will escapes with the key and climbs aboard the Edinburgh Trader. Jones summons the Kraken and sinks the ship, but Will manages to escape.

Meanwhile, Elizabeth's father, Governor Swann, breaks her out of prison but is captured himself. Elizabeth steals the Letters of Marque from Beckett and makes her way to Tortuga, where she finds both Jack and a drunken Norrington. Jack tricks Elizabeth into using his compass to find Jones' chest. All parties arrive on Isla Cruces, where the chest is buried. A three-way sword fight breaks out between Jack, Will, and Norrington, who all want the heart for their respective goals: Jack wants to call off the Kraken and negate his debt to Jones; Will wants to release his father from the Dutchman; and Norrington intends to regain his life as a Navy officer. Norrington secretly steals the heart and the Letters of Marque in the chaos before running off, pretending to lure away the Dutchman crew. Jones and the Kraken attack the Pearl, killing most of the crew and destroying all but one of the Pearl{{'}}s lifeboats. Jack uses the boat to flee the battle briefly, but returns to help wound the Kraken with a net full of gunpowder and rum.

Jack orders the survivors to abandon ship, but Elizabeth realizes the Kraken only wants Jack. Elizabeth tricks Jack by chaining him to the mast so the crew can escape while the Kraken drags Jack and the Pearl to the depths. Seemingly satisfied that Sparrow's debt is settled, Davy Jones opens the chest to find his heart missing. Norrington gives Beckett the Letters and Jones's heart, reinstating him in the Navy and allowing the East India Trading Company to gain control of Davy Jones, the "Flying Dutchman," and the Kraken. Jack's crew returns to Tia Dalma, where they agree about the possibility of rescuing Sparrow at World's End. Tia Dalma introduces their guide: the resurrected Hector Barbossa.

Cast

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Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow: The eccentric pirate captain of the Black Pearl. He is hunted by the Kraken because of his unpaid debt to Davy Jones. He is also searching for the Dead Man's Chest to free himself from Jones' servitude.
Orlando Bloom as William Turner: A blacksmith-turned-pirate who strikes a deal with Cutler Beckett to find Jack Sparrow and his compass so he can save both himself and his fiancée Elizabeth from execution. Later he is reunited with, and seeks to free, his father, who eventually owes a lifetime of servitude to Davy Jones.
Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swann: Governor Swann's daughter and Will's fiancée, who is arrested on her wedding day for helping Captain Jack Sparrow escape. Escaping jail with help from her father, she meets up with Jack in Tortuga and joins his crew to search for both Will and the chest.
Stellan Skarsgård as William "Bootstrap Bill" Turner: A crewman aboard the Flying Dutchman who happens to be Will Turner's father. He was cursed by the Aztec gold on Isla de Muerta (along with Hector Barbossa's crew). Thrown overboard after refusing to take part in the mutiny against Jack led by Barbossa, he spent years bound to a cannon beneath the crushing ocean. Found by Davy Jones, he swore to servitude aboard the Flying Dutchman crew and escaped death.
Bill Nighy as Davy Jones: Captain of the Flying Dutchman. Davy Jones was once a human being. Unable to bear the pain of losing his true love, he carved out his heart and put it into the Dead Man's Chest, then buried it in a secret location. He has become a bizarre creature – part octopus, part crab, part man – and collects the souls of dead or dying sailors to serve aboard his ship for one hundred years. Prior to officially casting Bill Nighy, producers also met Jim Broadbent, Iain Glen and Richard E. Grant for the role.{{cite book|last=Grant|first=Richard E.|title=The Wah-Wah Diaries: The Making of a Film|publisher=Picador|year=2006|location=Chatham, Kent|isbn=978-0-330-44197-1}} Other actors considered for the role included Christopher Walken and Ian McShane, with the latter being cast later as Blackbeard in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.{{cite web | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/zap-pirates2dvddavyjonesfeature-story,amp.html | title='Pirates 2' DVD Unlocks Davy Jones | website=Chicago Tribune | date=December 4, 2006 }}
Jack Davenport as James Norrington: He resigned his commission as Commodore in the Royal Navy after losing his ship and crew in a hurricane off the coast of Tripoli in the pursuit of Jack Sparrow and his crew. Fallen on hard times, he joins the Black Pearl's crew and seeks to regain his honor and career.
Kevin McNally as Joshamee Gibbs: The Black Pearl's first mate and Jack's loyal friend, he once served in the Royal Navy under Lieutenant James Norrington.
Jonathan Pryce as Governor Weatherby Swann. Elizabeth's father and governor of Port Royal. He adores his daughter but puts little faith in Will - not considering him the best match for Elizabeth.
Lee Arenberg as Pintel: Ragetti's inseparable crewmate.
Mackenzie Crook as Ragetti: A pirate and former Black Pearl crewmember under Captain Barbossa, he was imprisoned after the Aztec curse was broken, but escaped to rejoin Captain Jack Sparrow's Black Pearl crew. He has a wooden eye, and despite being illiterate, has begun "reading" the Bible, with the excuse that "you get credit for trying".
Tom Hollander as Lord Cutler Beckett: Chairman of the East India Trading Company, he travels to Port Royal to capture and recruit Jack Sparrow as a privateer. What he really desires is Davy Jones' heart, with which he can rule the seas with Jones' commanded servitude. Ricky Gervais was offered the role but turned it down.{{Cite web |url=https://www.vulture.com/2012/01/the-lost-roles-of-ricky-gervais.html |title=The Lost Roles of Ricky Gervais |date=January 19, 2012 |access-date=August 19, 2021 |archive-date=August 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819021258/https://www.vulture.com/amp/2012/01/the-lost-roles-of-ricky-gervais.html |url-status=live }}
Naomie Harris as Tia Dalma: An obeah priestess who Jack bartered with for his magic compass. She explains the legend of Davy Jones, in addition to owning a similar locket to his.
Alex Norton as Captain Bellamy, the pirate captain of the Edinburgh Trader.
David Bailie as Cotton, a mute member of the Black Pearl's crew.
Martin Klebba as Marty, a dwarf member of the Black Pearl's crew.
David Schofield as Mercer, Lord Beckett's second in command
John Boswall as Wyvern, an ancient member of Davy Jones’ crew who has fused with the ship.
Derrick O'Connor as Very Old Man, an inexperienced sailor in Jack Sparrow's crew.
Geoffrey Rush as Hector Barbossa, the former captain of the Black Pearl and Jack Sparrow's former first mate. An uncredited role, having originally met his demise in the previous installment, Barbossa is revealed to have been resurrected by Tia Dalma in the final scene of this film.

Production

=Development=

Following the success of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), the cast and crew signed on for two more sequels to be shot back-to-back,{{cite news|author=Brian Linder |title=Back-to-Back Pirates |publisher=IGN |date=October 21, 2003 |url=http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/455/455825p1.html |access-date=May 12, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613201237/http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/455/455825p1.html |archive-date=June 13, 2007 }} a practical decision on Disney's part to allow more time with the same cast and crew.{{cite video | title = According to Plan: The Harrowing and True Story of Dead Man's Chest | type = DVD | publisher=Buena Vista |date = 2006}} Writer Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio decided not to make the sequels new adventures featuring the same characters, as with the Indiana Jones and James Bond series, but to retroactively turn The Curse of the Black Pearl into the first of a trilogy.{{cite video | people = Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio | title = Audio Commentary | type = DVD | publisher=Buena Vista |date = 2006}} They wanted to explore the reality of what would happen after Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann's embrace at the end of the first film, and initially considered the Fountain of Youth as the plot device.{{cite video | title = Charting the Return | type = DVD | publisher=Buena Vista |date = 2006}} They settled on introducing Davy Jones, the Flying Dutchman and the Kraken. They also introduced the historical East India Trading Company, who for them represented a counterpoint to the themes of personal freedom represented by pirates.{{cite web|title=Everything Relates Back to What Started Everything Off in the First |publisher=Production Notes |url=http://madeinatlantis.com/pirates/production/production2.htm |access-date=May 23, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203932/http://madeinatlantis.com/pirates/production/production2.htm |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }}

Planning began in June 2004, and production was much larger than The Curse of the Black Pearl, which was only shot on location in St. Vincent.{{cite news|title=2005 (and '06): A Pirate Odyssey |publisher=Production Notes |url=http://madeinatlantis.com/pirates/production/production4.htm |access-date=May 23, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203830/http://madeinatlantis.com/pirates/production/production4.htm |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }} This time, the sequels would require fully working ships, with a seaworthy Black Pearl built over the body of the Sunset, an unglamorous craft which once serviced oil derricks in the Gulf of Mexico constructed in Bayou La Batre, Alabama.{{cite web|title=Los Angeles: The Voyage Begins |publisher=Production Notes |url=http://madeinatlantis.com/pirates/production/production5.htm |access-date=May 24, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203756/http://madeinatlantis.com/pirates/production/production5.htm |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }} By November, the script was still unfinished as the writers did not want director Gore Verbinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer to compromise what they had written, so Verbinski worked with James Byrkit to storyboard major sequences without need of a script, while Elliott and Rossio wrote a "preparatory" script for the crew to use before they finished the script they were happy with. By January 2005, with rising costs and no script, Disney executives threatened to cancel the film, but changed their minds. The writers would accompany the crew on location, feeling that the lateness of their rewrites would improve the spontaneity of the cast's performances.

=Filming=

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Principal photography began on February 28, 2005, in Palos Verdes, beginning with Elizabeth's ruined wedding day. For Cutler Beckett's introduction, Rossio and Elliott had him arrive on shore in a boat while sitting on a horse standing in the boat; the duo had originally planned to use this introduction for Don Rafael Montero in The Mask of Zorro (1998), but the scene was cut for being deemed too expensive. Similarly, the Pirates crew wanted to cut the idea for budget reasons, in addition to feel that it would be unbelievable, or as the film's historian dismissed, suicidal. However, Verbinski promised Rossio and Elliott to use the idea and the scene was filmed in one day after weeks of planning and training.{{cite web|url=http://www.wordplayer.com/archives/rossio05.Carib.Tales.html|title=Wordplayer.com: WORDPLAY/Archives/"Caribbean Tales - 2005" by Terry Rossio|date=July 6, 2005|access-date=May 22, 2021|archive-date=February 24, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070224122405/http://www.wordplayer.com/archives/rossio05.Carib.Tales.html|url-status=live}} The crew spent the first shooting days at Walt Disney Studios in Los Angeles, including the interiors of the Black Pearl and the Edinburgh Trader which Elizabeth stows away on, before moving to St. Vincent to shoot the scenes in Port Royal and Tortuga. Sets from the previous film were reused, having survived three hurricanes, although the main pier had to be rebuilt as it had collapsed in November. The crew had four tall ships at their disposal to populate the backgrounds, which were painted differently on each side for economy. One of the ships used was the replica of HMS Bounty used in the 1962 film adaptation of Mutiny on the Bounty."Brando's bounty's sailing in." Bristol Evening Post. Pg. 6. July 5, 2007."Logsdon rows to the occasion." Matthew Horn Matthew Horn News Herald Pg.1 (Port Clinton, Ohio). June 26, 2007.

On April 18, 2005,{{cite web|title=Shooting in Isle of Beauty, Isle of Splendor |publisher=Production Notes |url=http://madeinatlantis.com/pirates/production/production8.htm |access-date=May 24, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203836/http://madeinatlantis.com/pirates/production/production8.htm |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }} the crew began shooting at Dominica, a location Verbinski had selected as he felt it fitted the sense of remoteness he was looking for. However, this was also a problem; the Dominican government were completely unprepared for the scale of a Hollywood production, and the 500-strong crew occupying around 90% of the roads on the island had trouble moving around on the underdeveloped surfaces. The weather also alternated between torrential rainstorms and hot temperatures, the latter of which was made worse for the cast who had to wear period clothing. At Dominica, the sequences involving Pelegosto (Cannibal Island) and the forest segment of the battle on Isla Cruces were shot. Verbinski preferred to use practical props for the giant wheel and bone cage sequences, feeling long close-up shots would help further suspend the audience's disbelief. Dominica was also used for Tia Dalma's shack. Filming on the island concluded on May 26, 2005.{{cite web|title=Beware of Falling Coconuts: Adventures in Dominica |publisher=Production Notes |url=http://madeinatlantis.com/pirates/production/production9.htm |access-date=May 24, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203850/http://madeinatlantis.com/pirates/production/production9.htm |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }}

The crew moved to a small island in the Bahamas called White Cay for the beginning and end of the Isla Cruces battle, before production took a break until August, where in Los Angeles the interiors of the Flying Dutchman were shot.{{cite news|title="Please Do Not Feed the Iguanas": The Exumas, and an L.A. Sojourn |publisher=Production Notes |url=http://madeinatlantis.com/pirates/production/production10.htm |access-date=May 24, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203602/http://madeinatlantis.com/pirates/production/production10.htm |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }} On September 18, 2005,{{cite news|title=Back to the Bahamas, Hurricanes and All |publisher=Production Notes |url=http://madeinatlantis.com/pirates/production/production11.htm |access-date=May 29, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070904162905/http://madeinatlantis.com/pirates/production/production11.htm |archive-date=September 4, 2007 }} the crew moved to Grand Bahama Island to shoot ship exteriors, including the working Black Pearl and Flying Dutchman. Filming there was a tumultuous period, starting with the fact that the tank had not actually been finished. The hurricane season caused many pauses in shooting, and Hurricane Wilma damaged many of the accessways and pumps, though no one was hurt nor were any of the ships destroyed. Principal photography was reportedly completed on September 10, 2005.{{Fact|date=April 2025}} According to Ted Elliott, production wrapped on February 7, 2006,{{cite web | url=http://www.wordplayer.com/forums/moviesarc07/index.cgi?read=83160 | title=MOVIES Message Board – ARCHIVE 7 | author=Ted Elliott | publisher=Wordplay Forums | access-date=February 9, 2006| author-link=Ted Elliott (screenwriter) |quote= We wrapped production on POTC: Dead Man's Chest on Tuesday, at about 5:45 am. One down ...}} with the last shot made was the raven pecking on Jack Sparrow's coffin.{{cite web | url=http://www.wordplayer.com/forums/moviesarc07/index.cgi?read=83189 | title=MOVIES Message Board – ARCHIVE 7 | author=Ted Elliott | publisher=Wordplay Forums | access-date=February 9, 2006| author-link=Ted Elliott (screenwriter) |quote= A raven pecking on a ... oh, that would be a spoiler : ) @}} This was after two weeks of filming night scenes, from sunset to sunrise.{{cite web | url=http://www.wordplayer.com/forums/moviesarc07/index.cgi?read=83244 | title=MOVIES Message Board – ARCHIVE 7 | author=Ted Elliott | publisher=Wordplay Forums | access-date=February 15, 2006| author-link=Ted Elliott (screenwriter) |quote= Two weeks straight, sunset to sunrise @}}

The look of the Flying Dutchman was partially inspired by old Dutch "fluyts"—17th-century vessels which resembled galleons—and more specifically, the Vasa, a massive Swedish warship which sank in Stockholm's harbor upon its maiden voyage in 1628 (the ship was salvaged in 1961 and housed in a special museum in the Swedish capital). With its high, heavily ornamented stern, the ship provided a rich foundation for Rick Heinrichs' wilder and more fantastical designs.[https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/07/14/pirates-2-exclusive-davys-sinister-ship IGN: Pirates 2 Exclusive: Davy's Sinister Ship][https://web.archive.org/web/20060902043515/http://adisney.go.com/disneypictures/pirates/downloads/POTC2_PressKit_Final.pdf POTC2 Presskit]

One of the stuntmen, Johnny Depp's stunt double Tony Angelotti, was injured on set while filming a "human yo-yo" stunt in July 2005. He was rushed to hospital, suffering internal bleeding after "nicking" a branch off his femoral artery. He lost six units of blood, had an ACL reconstruction and spent a year in recovery, before having to have the surgery all over again when a plate in his pelvis broke. He also suffered from PTSD. Despite this, he did continue filming for the following sequel, At World's End, albeit doing "lighter stunts" like sword choreography or working as a stunt coordinator. However, in 2007, Tony Angelotti did sue Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer for the injury.{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-aug-04-me-pirates4-story.html | title=Stuntman sues over 'Pirates' injury | website=Los Angeles Times | date=August 4, 2007 }}{{cite web | url=https://metro.co.uk/2020/08/28/johnny-depps-pirates-caribbean-stunt-double-career-ending-injury-epic-fight-scenes-gift-actor-13119975/ | title=Johnny Depp's Pirates stunt double on career-ending injury and bond with actor | date=August 28, 2020 }}

=Visual effects=

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The Flying Dutchman{{'}}s crew members were originally conceived by writers Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio as ghosts, but Gore Verbinski disliked this and designed them as physical creatures.{{cite news|author=Iain Blair |title=Cover story: 'pirates of the caribbean: dead man's chest' |work=Post |date=July 1, 2006 |url=http://www.postmagazine.com/Publications/Post-Magazine/2006/July-1-2006/COVER-STORY-PIRATES-OF-THE-CARIBBEAN-DEAD-MANS-C.aspx |access-date=May 24, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130827102444/http://www.postmagazine.com/Publications/Post-Magazine/2006/July-1-2006/COVER-STORY-PIRATES-OF-THE-CARIBBEAN-DEAD-MANS-C.aspx |archive-date=August 27, 2013 }} Their hierarchy is reflected by how mutated they were: newcomers had low level infections which resemble rosacea, while veterans had full-blown undersea creature attributes. Verbinski wanted to keep them realistic, rejecting a character with a turtle shell, and the animators watched various David Attenborough documentaries to study the movement of sea anemones and mussels.{{cite news |author=Rebecca Murray |title=John Knoll Talks About the Visual Effects in the Pirates Movies |publisher=About.com |url=http://movies.about.com/od/piratesofthecaribbean3/a/pirates080106_3.htm |access-date=May 23, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130416044546/http://movies.about.com/od/piratesofthecaribbean3/a/pirates080106_3.htm |archive-date=April 16, 2013 }} All of the crew are computer-generated, with the exception of Stellan Skarsgård, who played "Bootstrap" Bill Turner. Initially his prosthetics would be augmented with CGI but that was abandoned.{{cite news | author=Jason Matloff | title = Scene Stealer: Stellan Skarsgård | publisher=Premiere | url = http://www.premiere.com/actors/3851/scene-stealer-stellan-skarsgrd-page7.html | access-date=June 5, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070608103022/http://www.premiere.com/actors/3851/scene-stealer-stellan-skarsgrd-page7.html |archive-date = June 8, 2007}} Skarsgård spent four hours in the make-up chair and was dubbed "Bouillabaisse" on set.{{cite news|author=Sam Ashurst |title=Orlando and Keira: Uncut! |publisher=Total Film |date=May 14, 2007 |url=http://www.totalfilm.com/features/keira_and_orlando_uncut! |access-date=May 24, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080609211017/http://www.totalfilm.com/features/keira_and_orlando_uncut%21 |archive-date=June 9, 2008 }}

Davy Jones had originally been designed with chin growths, before the designers made the move to full-blown tentacles;{{cite news|author=Edward Douglas |title=Exclusive: Pirates' Bill "Davy Jones" Nighy |publisher=Comingsoon.net |date=June 12, 2006 |url=https://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=14949 |access-date=May 24, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610070525/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=14949 |archive-date=June 10, 2008 }} the skin of the character incorporates the texture of a coffee-stained Styrofoam cup among other elements. To portray Jones on set, Bill Nighy wore a motion capture tracksuit that meant the animators at Industrial Light & Magic did not have to reshoot the scene in the studio without him or on the motion capture stage. Nighy wore make-up around his eyes and mouth to splice into the computer-generated shots, but the images of his eyes and mouth were not used. Nighy only wore a prosthetic once, with blue-colored tentacles for when Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) steals the key to the Dead Man's Chest from under his "beard" as he sleeps. To create the CGI version of the character, the model was closely based on a full-body scan of Nighy, with Jones reflecting his high cheekbones. Animators studied every frame of Nighy's performance: the actor himself had blessed them by making his performance more quirky than expected, providing endless fun for them. His performance also meant new controls had to be stored. Finally, Jones' tentacles are mostly a simulation, though at times they were hand-animated when they act as limbs for the character.{{cite video | title = Meet Davy Jones: Anatomy of a Legend | type = DVD | publisher=Buena Vista |date = 2006}}

The Kraken was difficult to animate as it had no real-life reference, until animation director Hal Hickel instructed the crew to watch King Kong vs. Godzilla which featured a live octopus crawling over miniatures.{{cite news|author=Rebecca Murray |title=Behind the Scenes of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" Movies |publisher=About.com |date=November 3, 2006 |url=http://movies.about.com/od/piratesofthecaribbean2/a/pirates113006.htm |access-date=May 23, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920080310/http://movies.about.com/od/piratesofthecaribbean2/a/pirates113006.htm |archive-date=September 20, 2012 }}{{Pg|page=2}} On the set, two pipes filled with {{convert|30000|lb|kg}} of cement were used to crash and split the Edinburgh Trader: Completing the illusion are miniature masts and falling stuntmen shot on a bluescreen stage. The scene where the Kraken spits at Jack Sparrow does not use computer-generated spit: it was real slime thrown at Depp.{{cite video | title = Creating the Kraken | type = DVD | publisher=Buena Vista |date = 2006}}

Music

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Marketing

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The first trailer was attached to The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Disney produced a comic book adaption in their Junior Graphic Novels: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2007).{{comicbookdb|type=issue|id=257235|title=Disney Junior Graphic Novels: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest}}{{cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1049781.Pirates_of_the_Caribbean|title=Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Disney Junior Graphic Novel #4)|access-date=29 November 2016|website=Goodreads|archive-date=June 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622154127/http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1049781.Pirates_of_the_Caribbean|url-status=live}} Disney sponsored a racing yacht in the 2005 event{{Cite web|url = http://movieweb.com/the-race-for-pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-mans-chest/|title = The race for ' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'|date = March 21, 2005|access-date = January 9, 2017|archive-date = June 22, 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170622154127/http://movieweb.com/the-race-for-pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-mans-chest/|url-status = live}} of the Volvo Ocean Race. The boat, aptly named Black Pearl, raced under the team name "Pirates of the Caribbean" for the United States. The boat itself was a Volvo Open 70 class yacht designed by Farr Yacht Design. She was skippered to a 2nd-place finish by American Paul Cayard after 31,000 nm (57,000 km), divided into 9 legs, taking 8 months to complete.

Release

=Theatrical=

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest premiered at Disneyland in California on June 24, 2006.{{Cite web |date=2006-06-26 |title=Another Round For 'Pirates' |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/another-round-for-pirates/ |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}} It was the first Disney film to use the computer-generated Walt Disney Pictures logo from 2006 to 2022, which took a year for the studio to design.{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002802054|title=Old Disney magic in new animated logo|publisher=hollywoodreporter.com|access-date=July 10, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060718065547/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002802054 |archive-date=July 18, 2006}} Wētā FX and yU+co were responsible for the logo's final animated rendering and Mark Mancina was hired to score a new composition and arrangement of "When You Wish Upon a Star". The new fanfare was co-arranged and orchestrated by David Metzger. The main people responsible for the logo's rendering are Cyrese Parrish and Cameron Smith.

=Home media=

The film became available on DVD on November 20, 2006, in the UK and December 5, 2006, in the US. It sold 9,498,304 units in its first week of sales (equivalent to $174,039,324). In total it sold 16,694,937 units, earning $320,871,909. It was the best-selling DVD of 2006 in terms of units sold and second in terms of sales revenue behind The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2006/PIRT2-DVD.php |title=Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest – DVD Sales |access-date=March 17, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613011121/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2006/PIRT2-DVD.php |archive-date=June 13, 2013 }}

The DVD contained a commentary track with the screenwriters and a gag reel, with the double-disc featuring a video of the film premiere and a number of documentaries, including a full-length documentary entitled "According to the Plan" and eight featurettes. The film was released on Blu-ray Disc on May 22, 2007.{{cite news|url=http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Pixar/Disney/Disc_Announcements/Disney_Sets_Pirates,_Cars_Blu-ray_Dates/448 |title=Disney Sets 'Pirates,' 'Cars' Blu-ray Dates |publisher=High-Def Digest |date=January 24, 2007 |access-date=January 27, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211203040/http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Pixar/Disney/Disc_Announcements/Disney_Sets_Pirates%2C_Cars_Blu-ray_Dates/448 |archive-date=February 11, 2012 }} The film had its UK Television premiere on Boxing Day 2008 on BBC One at 20:30. It was seen by 6.8 million viewers according to overnight figures.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/dec/29/tvratings-television |title=TV ratings - 26 December: Pirates of the Caribbean is ratings treasure for the BBC |author=John Plunkett |work=the Guardian |date=December 29, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201058/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/dec/29/tvratings-television |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}

Reception

=Box office=

Dead Man's Chest earned $423,315,812 in North America and $642,863,913 in other territories, for a worldwide total of $1,066,179,725.{{cite web|title=Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=piratesofthecaribbean2.htm |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=February 3, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424162643/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=piratesofthecaribbean2.htm |archive-date=April 24, 2013 }} Worldwide, it ranks as the 15th highest-grossing film distributed by Disney,{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/ |title=WORLDWIDE GROSSES |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=April 23, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726070111/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/ |archive-date=July 26, 2013 }} the highest-grossing film of 2006, and the highest-grossing film in the Pirates of the Caribbean series.{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=piratesofthecaribbean.htm |title=Pirates of the Caribbean |work=boxofficemojo.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425023334/http://boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=piratesofthecaribbean.htm |archive-date=April 25, 2013 }} It was the third film in history to reach the $1 billion mark worldwide and the first Disney film to reach $1 billion worldwide, and it reached the mark in record time (63 days),{{cite news|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2156&p=.htm |title=Around the World Roundup: 'Cars' Dethrones Billion-Dollar 'Pirates' |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=October 16, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511144755/http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2156&p=.htm |archive-date=May 11, 2013 }} a record that has since been surpassed by many films, of which the first was Avatar (in January 2010).{{cite news|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2634&p=.htm |title=Weekend Report: 'Avatar' Rocks New Year's |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=October 16, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511150355/http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2634&p=.htm |archive-date=May 11, 2013 }}

In North America, the film broke many records including the largest opening- and single-day gross ($55.8 million), the biggest opening-weekend gross ($135.6 million),{{cite news|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2111&p=.htm |title='Pirates' Raid Record Books |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=January 24, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513044700/http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2111&p=.htm |archive-date=May 13, 2013 }} the least time to reach $100, $200 and $300 million{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2119&p=.htm |title='Pirates' Loot Piles Up, 'Lady' Walks Plank |publisher=Box Office Mojo |date=July 24, 2006 |access-date=January 24, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512162610/http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2119&p=.htm |archive-date=May 12, 2013 }} and the highest ten-day gross, dethroning Spider-Man, which held those records in 2002.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2115&p=.htm |title='Pirates' Pilfer More Records |publisher=Box Office Mojo |date=July 17, 2006 |access-date=January 24, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512212529/http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2115&p=.htm |archive-date=May 12, 2013 }} However, most of them were broken by Spider-Man 3 in May 2007{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2308&p=.htm |title='Spider-Man 3' Soars into Record Books |publisher=Box Office Mojo |date=May 7, 2007 |access-date=January 24, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026042617/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2308&p=.htm |archive-date=October 26, 2012 }} and The Dark Knight in July 2008. The film was in first place at the box office for three consecutive weekends.{{cite news|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2119&p=.htm |title='Pirates' Loot Piles Up, 'Lady' Walks Plank |publisher=Box Office Mojo |first=Brandon |last=Gray |date=July 24, 2006 |access-date=March 11, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512162610/http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2119&p=.htm |archive-date=May 12, 2013 }} By late August 2006, it would go on to break Finding Nemo{{'}}s record for becoming Disney's highest-grossing film at the time.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/aug/21/news2|title=In brief: Dead Man's Chest is Disney's biggest treasure|website=The Guardian|date=August 21, 2006}} It closed in theaters on December 7, 2006, with a $423.3 million haul.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekly&id=piratesofthecaribbean2.htm |title=Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=October 16, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513045342/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekly&id=piratesofthecaribbean2.htm |archive-date=May 13, 2013 }} Thus, in North America, it is the seventeenth-highest-grossing film, although, adjusted for inflation, the film ranks forty-eight. It is also the highest-grossing 2006 film,{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2006&p=.htm |title=2006 DOMESTIC GROSSES |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=February 11, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425015937/http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2006&p=.htm |archive-date=April 25, 2013 }} the highest-grossing Pirates of the Caribbean film, and the seventh-highest-grossing Disney film.{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/studio/chart/?studio=buenavista.htm |title=BUENA VISTA |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=April 9, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424201858/http://boxofficemojo.com/studio/chart/?studio=buenavista.htm |archive-date=April 24, 2013 }} The film sold an estimated 64,628,400 tickets in the US.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=piratesofthecaribbean2.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm |title=Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=May 30, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304213319/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=piratesofthecaribbean2.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}

Outside North America, it is the twenty-first-highest-grossing film,{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/?pagenum=1&sort=osgross&order=DESC&p=.htm |title=All Time Worldwide Box Office Grosses |work=boxofficemojo.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510005915/http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/?pagenum=1&sort=osgross&order=DESC&p=.htm |archive-date=May 10, 2013 }} the third-highest-grossing Pirates film, the eighth-highest-grossing Disney film{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/?pagenum=1&sort=studio&order=ASC&p=.htm |title=All Time Worldwide Box Office Grosses |work=boxofficemojo.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907012718/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/?pagenum=1&sort=studio&order=ASC&p=.htm |archive-date=September 7, 2013 }} and the highest-grossing film of 2006.{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/intl/weekend/yearly/?yr=2006&p=.htm |title=2006 Overseas Total Yearly Box Office Results |work=boxofficemojo.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119075555/http://boxofficemojo.com/intl/weekend/yearly/?yr=2006&p=.htm |archive-date=November 19, 2012 }} It set opening-weekend records in Russia and the CIS, Ukraine, Finland, Malaysia, Singapore,{{cite news|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2116&p=.htm |title=Around the World Roundup: 'Pirates' Dominates Again |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=October 16, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130320205609/http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2116&p=.htm |archive-date=March 20, 2013 }} Greece{{cite news|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2146&p=.htm |title=Around the World Roundup: Yo Ho, Yo Ho, Eight in a Row |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=October 16, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130320205501/http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2146&p=.htm |archive-date=March 20, 2013 }} and Italy.{{cite news|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2158&p=.htm |title=Around the World Roundup: 'Pirates' Reclaims Crown with Italian Record |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=October 16, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511155528/http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2158&p=.htm |archive-date=May 11, 2013 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=piratesofthecaribbean2.htm |title=International Box Office Results |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=April 8, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512081806/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=piratesofthecaribbean2.htm |archive-date=May 12, 2013 }} It was on top of the box office outside North America for 9 consecutive weekends and 10 in total.{{cite news|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2148&p=.htm |title=Around the World Roundup: 'Pirates' Swishes to Nine Straight |publisher=Box Office Mojo |date=September 6, 2006 |access-date=October 16, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512073025/http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2148&p=.htm |archive-date=May 12, 2013 }} It was the highest-grossing film of 2006 in Australia,{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/australia/yearly/?yr=2006&p=.htm |title=Australia Yearly Box Office |publisher=Box Office Mojo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017132419/http://boxofficemojo.com/intl/australia/yearly/?yr=2006&p=.htm |archive-date=October 17, 2012 }} Bulgaria,{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/bulgaria/yearly/?yr=2006&p=.htm |title=Bulgaria Yearly Box Office |publisher=Box Office Mojo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806004013/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/bulgaria/yearly/?yr=2006&p=.htm |archive-date=August 6, 2011 }} Germany,{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/germany/yearly/?yr=2006&p=.htm |title=Germany Yearly Box Office |publisher=Box Office Mojo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331093448/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/germany/yearly/?yr=2006&p=.htm |archive-date=March 31, 2012 }} Japan,{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/japan/yearly/?yr=2006&p=.htm |title=Japan Yearly Box Office |publisher=Box Office Mojo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211001113/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/japan/yearly/?yr=2006&p=.htm |archive-date=February 11, 2017 }} the Netherlands,{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/netherlands/yearly/?yr=2006&p=.htm |title=Netherlands Yearly Box Office |publisher=Box Office Mojo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331052923/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/netherlands/yearly/?yr=2006&p=.htm |archive-date=March 31, 2012 }} New Zealand,{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/newzealand/yearly/?yr=2006&p=.htm |title=New Zealand and Fiji Yearly Box Office |publisher=Box Office Mojo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824204626/http://boxofficemojo.com/intl/newzealand/yearly/?yr=2006&p=.htm |archive-date=August 24, 2011 }} Spain,{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/spain/yearly/?yr=2006&p=.htm |title=Spain Yearly Box Office |publisher=Box Office Mojo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120024230/http://boxofficemojo.com/intl/spain/yearly/?yr=2006&p=.htm |archive-date=November 20, 2011 }} Sweden{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/sweden/yearly/?yr=2006&p=.htm |title=Sweden Yearly Box Office |publisher=Box Office Mojo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022195319/http://boxofficemojo.com/intl/sweden/yearly/?yr=2006&p=.htm |archive-date=October 22, 2012 }} and Thailand.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/thailand/yearly/?yr=2006&p=.htm |title=Thailand Yearly Box Office |publisher=Box Office Mojo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114185939/http://boxofficemojo.com/intl/thailand/yearly/?yr=2006&p=.htm |archive-date=November 14, 2011 }}

=Critical response=

On Rotten Tomatoes, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest has an approval rating of 53% based on 229 reviews, with an average rating of 6.00/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Gone is Depp's unpredictability and much of the humor and originality of the first movie."{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pirates_of_the_caribbean_dead_mans_chest |title=Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) |publisher=Fandango Media |website=Rotten Tomatoes |date=July 7, 2006 |access-date=July 13, 2021 |archive-date=July 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720060225/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pirates_of_the_caribbean_dead_mans_chest |url-status=live }} At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating to reviews, the film received an average score of 53 out of 100, based on 37 critics, indicating "mixed to average reviews".{{cite web|title=Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-mans-chest |work=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive |access-date=August 21, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121203451/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-mans-chest |archive-date=January 21, 2013 }} Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.{{cite web |url= https://cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= CinemaScore |access-date= December 23, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180722041238/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= July 22, 2018 |url-status= dead }}

Michael Booth of The Denver Post gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, calling it "two hours and 20 minutes of escapism that once again makes the movies safe for guilt-free fun."{{cite news|author=Michael Booth |title=Aye, mates: "Pirates" sequel is worth the doubloons |work=The Denver Post |date=July 6, 2005 |url=http://www.denverpost.com/movies/ci_4016344 |access-date=July 23, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014150607/http://www.denverpost.com/movies/ci_4016344 |archive-date=October 14, 2012 }} Drew McWeeny compared the film to The Empire Strikes Back, and also acclaimed its darkness in its depiction of the crew of the Flying Dutchman and its cliffhanger.{{cite news|author=Drew McWeeny |title=Moriarty Reviews PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 2: DEAD MAN'S CHEST!! |publisher=Ain't It Cool News |date=June 25, 2005 |url=https://www.aintitcool.com/node/23694 |access-date=May 29, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121209153032/http://www.aintitcool.com/node/23694 |archive-date=December 9, 2012 |author-link=Drew McWeeny }} The completely computer-generated Davy Jones turned out to be so realistic that some reviewers mistakenly identified Nighy as wearing prosthetic makeup.{{cite news|title=Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest |url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/movies/reviews/2006/piratesofthecaribbean2.html |author=Russ Breimeier |publisher=Christianity Today |access-date=May 29, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060712110432/http://www.christianitytoday.com/movies/reviews/2006/piratesofthecaribbean2.html |archive-date=July 12, 2006 }}{{cite news|title=Sun, sea, sand and horror |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/node/153632 |author=Ryan Gilbey |work=New Statesman |location=UK |date=July 10, 2006 |access-date=May 29, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511021937/http://www.newstatesman.com/node/153632 |archive-date=May 11, 2013 }}

A. O. Scott of The New York Times said, "You put down your money – still less than $10 in most cities – and in return you get two and a half hours of spirited swashbuckling, and Gore Verbinski has an appropriate sense of mischief, as a well as a gift, nearly equaling those of Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg, for integrating CGI seamlessly into his cinematic compositions."{{cite news | date= July 7, 2006 | first= A. O. | last= Scott | url= https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/07/movies/07pira.html | work= The New York Times | title= Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Review - Movies | access-date= December 23, 2018 | archive-date= October 17, 2018 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181017233554/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/07/movies/07pira.html | url-status= live }} Empire gave the film three out of five stars, stating, "Depp is once again an unmitigated joy as Captain Sparrow, delivering another eye-darting, word-slurring turn with some wonderful slapstick flourishes. Indeed, Rossio and Elliot smartly exploit these in some wonderful action set-pieces." "We don't get the predictable 'all friends together on the same quest' structure, and there's a surfeit of surprises, crosses and double-crosses and cheeky character beats which stay true to the original's anti-heroic sense of fun. After all, Jack Sparrow is a pirate, a bad guy in a hero's hat, a man driven by self-gain over concern for the greater good, who will run away from a fight and cheat his 'friends' without a second's thought."{{cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=9800 |title=Empire's Pirates of the Caribbean Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Movie Review |publisher=Empireonline.com |access-date=July 6, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106020117/http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=9800 |archive-date=November 6, 2012 }}

Paul Arendt of the BBC compared it to The Matrix Reloaded, as a complex film that merely led onto the next film.{{cite news|author=Paul Arendt |title=Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) |publisher=BBC |date=July 7, 2006 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2006/06/28/pirates_of_the_caribbean_2_2006_review.shtml |access-date=May 29, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329050150/http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2006/06/28/pirates_of_the_caribbean_2_2006_review.shtml |archive-date=March 29, 2008 }} Richard George felt a "better construct of Dead Man's Chest and At World's End would have been to take 90 minutes of Chest, mix it with all of End and then cut that film in two."{{cite news |author=Richard George |title=Comics at World's End: Adapting Pirates of the Caribbean |publisher=IGN |date=May 24, 2007 |url=http://uk.comics.ign.com/articles/791/791830p2.html |access-date=May 29, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018213613/http://uk.comics.ign.com/articles/791/791830p2.html |archive-date=October 18, 2007 |df=mdy-all }} Alex Billington felt the third film "almost makes the second film in the series obsolete or dulls it down enough that we can accept it in our trilogy DVD collections without ever watching it."{{cite news|author=Alex Billington |title=Get Ready for a Swarm of Negative Critics This Friday on Pirates 3 |publisher=Firstshowing.net |date=May 22, 2007 |url=http://www.firstshowing.net/2007/05/22/get-ready-for-a-swarm-of-negative-critics-this-friday-on-pirates-3/ |access-date=May 29, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524105657/http://www.firstshowing.net/2007/05/22/get-ready-for-a-swarm-of-negative-critics-this-friday-on-pirates-3/ |archive-date=May 24, 2007 }} Mark Kermode of The Observer accused the film of "lumpen direction, lousy writing and pouting performances", but wrote that "the worst thing about Dead Man's Chest is its interminable length [...] The entire Pirates of the Caribbean franchise may be a horrible indicator of the decline of narrative cinema."{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/jul/09/actionandadventure.sciencefictionandfantasy1 | title=Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | work=The Guardian | first=Mark | last=Kermode | date=9 July 2006 | access-date=2 August 2021 | archive-date=April 22, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422204357/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/jul/09/actionandadventure.sciencefictionandfantasy1 | url-status=live }}

=Accolades=

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At the 79th Academy Awards, visual effects supervisors John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson, and Allen Hall won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects which was also the first time since 1994's Forrest Gump that Industrial Light & Magic had received that particular Academy Award. The film was also nominated for Best Art Direction, Sound Editing, and Sound Mixing.{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/79th-winners.html |title=The 79th Academy Awards (2007) Nominees and Winners |access-date=November 20, 2011 |work=oscars.org |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929190817/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/79th-winners.html |archive-date=September 29, 2012 }}

The film also won a BAFTA and Satellite award for Best Visual Effects,{{cite web|title=Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Awards |publisher=Allmovie |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-mans-chest-v319315/awards |access-date=May 23, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517072906/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-mans-chest-v319315/awards |archive-date=May 17, 2013 }} and six awards from the Visual Effects Society.{{cite web|title=Visual Effects Society Fifth Annual V.E.S. Awards Announced |publisher=Visual Effects Society |date=February 11, 2007 |url=http://www.visualeffectssociety.com/ves-awards/previous/5th-annual |access-date=May 24, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508075731/http://www.visualeffectssociety.com/ves-awards/previous/5th-annual |archive-date=May 8, 2013 }}

Other awards won by the film include Choice Movie: Action, Choice Movie Actor: Action for Johnny Depp at the Favorite Movie, Movie Drama, Male Actor for Depp and On-Screen Couple for Depp and Keira Knightley at the 33rd People's Choice Awards; Best Movie and Performance for Depp at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards and Best Special Effects at the Saturn Awards, and Favorite Movie at the 2007 Kids' Choice Awards.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/rg/title-tease/awards/title/tt0383574/awards|title=Awards for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest|publisher=IMDb|access-date=September 17, 2007|archive-date=November 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107215527/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383574/awards|url-status=live}}

Video game

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A video game adaptation of the film was developed by Griptonite Games and Amaze Entertainment and released by Buena Vista Games in June–August 2006 for the PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance.

Sequel

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Notes

References

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[https://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Pirates-of-the-Caribbean-Dead-Man's-Chest.html Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest] at the IMSDb
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070516110619/http://madeinatlantis.com/pirates/production/ Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Production Notes]

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